I wonder how that will change the vision.

Post #346,703 by static 8/24/11 11:14:53 PM Reply	I wonder how that will change the vision. Truth be told, the only Apple product I bought and loved was designed and made during Jobs' absence: a Newton Messagepad. Jobs is also on record as having intense dislike for the term "PDA". Which is kind of odd because not only have the iThing devices have ended up converging on that functionality. But it does explain why the Newton was orphaned. (Actually, I kind of wish they would resurrect and re-image the Newton, just not as Yet Another iThing.) Wade. Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
Post #346,706 by pwhysall 8/25/11 1:45:36 AM Reply	Re: I wonder how that will change the vision. Not much will change. Tim Cook's been running the company in all but name for quite some time now. I suspect, Wade, that your preferences will not be met by the current (profitable, successful) incarnation of Apple. There's a reasonably reliable correlation between the presence of Jobs at Apple, and Apple making money. The Newton was made at a time when Macs were beige and folks like Michael Dell felt empowered to say things like "Apple? If it were me, I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders" (or words to that effect). Those days are gone, and I find it frankly inconceivable that an organisation that is as effective as Apple would not put in place a culture and hierarchy that continues to execute on the vision. tl;dr: meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Stock is down5% in after-hours trading, but then the markets are a pack of giant whiny babies who get spooked at the slightest thing.
Post #346,707 by Another Scott 8/25/11 6:44:14 AM Reply	I wonder if the spaceship campus is a sign of a peak. Apple has had a great run, but every company eventually stumbles. No matter who is in charge, a company can't grow exponentially indefinitely. The iPhone 5 is sounding very appealing to me - Sprint and T-Mobile supposedly are finally going to get it in the USA - maybe I'll finally get one before the end of the year. People generally only want one phone at a time. Markets eventually saturate. Maybe by this time next year, Apple will be growing at 5-10% a year rather than 50% a year. More like Microsoft than a startup... Of course, when that happens, the MOTU on Wall Street will cry and cry that if only Jobs were still in charge then .... I suspect teething problems with the new doughnut building, too. People are going to want to take shortcuts and not walk around the ring, so I suspect there is going to be pressure for spokes through the center. It's comparable in perimeter to the Pentagon - http://multichrome.b...eship-campus.html My $0.02. Cheers, Scott.
Post #346,711 by rcareaga 8/25/11 10:31:39 AM Reply	C. Northcote Parkinson anticipated you From his 1957 collection of essays, gathered under the title Parkinson's Law: During a period of exciting discovery or progress there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters. The time for that comes later, when all the important work has been done. Perfection, we know, is finality; and finality is death. and It is by no means certain that an influential reader of this chapter could prolong the life of a dying institution merely by depriving it of its streamlined headquarters. What we can do, however, with more confidence, is to prevent any organization strangling itself at birth. Examples abound of new institutions coming into existence with a full establishment of deputy directors, consultants and executives; all these coming together in a building specially designed for their purpose. And experience proves that such an institution will die. It is choked by its own perfection. It cannot take root for lack of soil. It cannot grow naturally for it is already grown. Fruitless by its very nature, it cannot even flower. When we see an example of such planning—when we are confronted for example by the building designed for the United Nations—the experts among us shake their heads sadly, draw a sheet over the corpse, and tiptoe quietly into the open air. cordially,
Post #346,713 by Another Scott 8/25/11 11:35:51 AM Reply	Neat. Hubris is a big danger with so much money available..
Post #346,727 by S1mon_Jester 8/25/11 3:07:40 PM Reply	I disagree I remember my dad buying his Mac back in 1984 (Vanilla). I remember it fondly...but I also remember what happened to Apple when they kicked Jobs out. Scully and all the others had no clue what they're doing. The only reason Apple survived is that they threw Jobs back in in a desperation move. I don't like to claim CEO's add a lot to companies, but Apple is an exception. It'll keep running along with Cook in charge, but once Jobs is fully gone (and...) I only give it 5-10 years past it. Personally I'd be dumping Apple stuff if I owned it.
Post #346,744 by static 8/25/11 5:20:49 PM Reply	I don't doubt you're right. To some extent I was letting my inner Newton fanboi out for a moment. :-) But you're right: Cook would hardly be endorsed by Jobs if he wasn't basically already doing the job. Wade. Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/

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